FACHPACK 2024
Comes with Exciting New Features
From 24 to 26 September 2024, the packaging sector will gather in Nuremberg at FACHPACK, the European trade fair for packaging, technology and processes.
From 24 to 26 September 2024, the packaging sector will gather in Nuremberg at FACHPACK, the European trade fair for packaging, technology and processes. The preparations for the event are currently in full swing. Some 1,400 exhibitors are expected and will be spread over 11 exhibition halls. Around 90% of the display area has already been allocated. The updated exhibitor overview and floor plans are already on the FACHPACK website, much earlier than usual. This helps interested companies to now easily secure their spot. But they'll need to act quickly. As well as a host of packaging-related products and services, trade visitors can of course also look forward to an exciting supporting programme with some new features in 2024.
"In just under six months, the European packaging industry will return to Nuremberg. Once again, FACHPACK 2024 is set to cover the entire packaging supply chain in 11 exhibition halls. Around 60% of the display area will be devoted to packaging materials and supplies, while 40% will focus on packaging technology. These two main segments will be complemented by packaging printing and finishing, and intra-logistics," says Heike Slotta, Executive Director Exhibitions at NürnbergMesse, about the product range of display. She continues: "A traditionally well-represented segment is plastic packaging, which has grown yet again. And I am especially pleased this time about the strong response from companies in the fibre packaging segment, which is up by 4% and includes corrugated board manufacturers.
The FACHPACK team is making it easy for all interested companies that still want to take part to do so. However, we recommend that they decide quickly, to secure their ideal stand location and exhaust all the benefits of their trade fair participation: Meeting and doing business with customers from packaging-intensive industries in the B2B and B2C sectors, showcasing their products in the INNOVATIONBOX forum, gaining an overview of the market, and developing their network.
Supporting programme with exciting new features
nAs well as a comprehensive product display, FACHPACK participants cann look forward to a diverse supporting programme relating to the main ntheme of FACHPACK 2024: "Transition in packaging". The programme for then FACHPACK forums will explore specific strategies and approaches by nbrands, manufacturers and users to deal with the issues currently nimpacting the sector. The circular economy, brands and consumerism, nautomation and AI, innovations and technological developments are the nmain thematic streams of the PACKBOX and INNOVATIONBOX forums.
Inspiration is also provided by a new themed pavilion in Hall 3 that nshowcases innovative packaging made from sustainable raw materials or nnew alternative developments for established packaging materials. Heike nSlotta explains: "For this pavilion, we are partnering with BIOFACH, then world's leading fair for organic food which takes place annually in nNuremberg." What's so special about it is that with just one nregistration, interested companies can simply and easily participate andn present their products at both trade fairs using the same concept. n"Moreover," Heike Slotta continues, "at FACHPACK 2024 we are also ncooperating with SOLPACK by PACOON, which will host a moderated forum ton present key topics relating to alternative and sustainable packaging nsolutions.
On the first day of FACHPACK 2024, another new addition puts the nspotlight on women in the packaging industry. At the "Women4Packaging" nget-together, the focus is on networking with packaging experts in a nrelaxed atmosphere. This event is geared towards female exhibitors and ntrade visitors. "Through this format, we aim to give women in the npackaging industry - and there are a lot of them - a platform for ndialogue at the venue. In the run-up to the trade fair, we are already naddressing this topic online in our news portal FACHPACK360°. The nface-to-face get-together is the logical extension of this, and I am nvery much looking forward to it," says Heike Slotta. Interested nparticipants can register for this event via the FACHPACK website.
Start-ups - register now and
become part of the community!
Listen up, innovative young companies from Germany! The "Young nInnovators" pavilion, subsidised by the Federal Ministry for Economic nAffairs and Climate Action (BMWK), enables German start-ups and new nfirms to present their companies and product innovations to a nprofessional audience at FACHPACK 2024. International start-ups with a nregistered office outside Germany can showcase their pioneering productsn and processes to interested packaging specialists at the Newcomer nPavilion.
Images: R. Eberhard, messekompakt.com, EBERHARD print & medien agentur gmbh
Source: NürnbergMesse